Over the last 30 years, the landscape annually affected by forest fires has slowly increased across the Pacific Northwest, and in some regions, severe blazes account for a higher proportion of the area burned than in the ...
Environment
Apr 11, 2017
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The future of earthquake early warning systems may be contained in smartphones—and vehicles, and "smart" appliances and the increasing number of everyday objects embedded with sensors and communication chips that connect ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 11, 2017
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When agriculture helps pollinators, pollinators help agriculture, according to a research review published today by an international group of experts, including a University of Idaho researcher.
Ecology
Mar 29, 2017
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Researchers today reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences a strong correlation between toxic levels of domoic acid in shellfish and the warm-water ocean conditions orchestrated by two powerful forces - ...
Environment
Jan 9, 2017
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About 14,000 years ago, the southwest United States was lush and green, home to saber-toothed cats and mammoths. Meanwhile, the Pacific Northwest was mostly grassland.
Earth Sciences
Nov 29, 2016
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Forest management policies that aim to store more carbon in the Pacific Northwest may benefit some wildlife species more than others.
Environment
Nov 17, 2016
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Fire-scarred trees on isolated Hecate Island off British Columbia have helped researchers from two Pacific Northwest universities isolate patterns of wildfires over the past 700 years of climate data. Indigenous populations, ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 3, 2016
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Researchers at Oregon State University have identified for the first time another bacterium that can cause symptoms similar to "salmon poisoning" in dogs - and may complicate the efforts of Pacific Northwest pet owners to ...
Ecology
Nov 3, 2016
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Scientists have tracked a higher-than-expected amount of carbon flowing out of a Pacific Northwest forest from month to month through a small headwater stream, suggesting that forested watersheds may not store quite as much ...
Environment
May 13, 2016
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The amount of carbon stored in tree trunks, branches, leaves and other biomass—what scientists call "aboveground live carbon"—is determined more by timber harvesting than by any other environmental factor in the forests ...
Environment
Apr 28, 2016
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